Lemon-squeezer.



' No. 7|3,o34. Patented Nov. 4, 1902.

C. A. WHITE.

'LEMDN SllUEEZER.'

(Application led Sept.'28, 1901.)4

(No Model.)

WITNESSES: INVENTORl BY 2 f ATTORNEY UNTTTED STATES PATENT @Trina CLARENCE AUGUs'rUs WHITE, or GosHEN, NEW YORK.

LEMON-SQUEEZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,034, dated November 4, 1902. Application led September 28, 1901. Serial No. 76,979. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.;

Be it known that l, CLARNCE AUGUSTUS VHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Goshen, Orange county, and State of New York, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in LemoaSqueczers, ot which the following is a speci tlcation.

The present inventionrelates generally vto a combination implement or tool involving in the main a lemon or other squeezer and in addition thereto a nut-cracker and a cork-compressor.

The improvement embraces, among other things, a base supporting a lemon or other support or cone and preferably providing a receptacle for the reception of the-juice and au oscillatory and compressing member coacting with said support 'or cone. In addition the base and coacting member each is provided with a jaw acting as a nut-cracker and also each witha jaw acting as a corkcompressor, the whole providing a'liand implement adapted for use for the purposes specified.

The accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, illustratea practical embodiment of the invention, in Which- Figure l is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section; Fig. 3, a cross-section. Fig, 4 is an elevation of the support or cone.`

Referring to said drawings, the improved implement or tool consists of a suitable base A, providing suitable rests, legs, or the like by which the whole may be properly supported on a table, shelf, or counter for use, and one of the supports maybe a pair of transverse legs B, pivotally connected to the base, capable of being swung into alinement with the base, as shown by dotted lines, when not in use. The base also provides a juice receptacle or reservoir C, having a pouringspout D for delivering the collected juices when the implement is tilted for that purpose or which may iiow when full into another vesselwhen quantity is desired. The base, furthermore, immediately over the juice-receptacle forms a seat for a lemon or other fruit support or cone E, which is provided with a circular flange 2 for resting on the,

base on the edge of the juice-receptacle, a portion 3, depending into the receptacle, a

short horizontal portion 4, having openings 5 for the passage of the juice from the support to the receptacle, and an uprising cone 6 for the lemon 011011161' fruiafpreferably ot' irregular truncated form and corrugated or roughened on yits surface for more efficient use.

AThe irregular truncated form of the conical support, as iin-Figa, preferably is formed at its apex witha slight incline for balancing the fruit in proper position and with a depressed top 7, having a barbed rim providing a space in which the core of the fruit being squeezed may lodge while under compression, and thus allowthc entirejuice-containing portions of the fruit up to the rind to be brought into close contact with the abrading-surface of the cone. With this supporting-cone there coacts an oscillatory member F, having a hanvdle or leverGfor manipulation and a central pivot H. The pivot is mounted in bearingsin a'holde'r I, partially overlying the oscillatory member and hinged through suitable ears 8- `to corresponding ears 9 on the base, so that the oscillatory member, with its holder, may be swung upwardaway from the conical support to position thefruit to be squeezed, remove the remnant, and be swung downward to compress the fruit and squeeze the juice therefrom. The oscillatory member F has a conical recess l0, adapted to the conical Support or cone E,`having preferably a further recess ll at its apex forthe recepticn'of the knob of the apex of the fruit.v The Wall of the conical `recess lOvimay be corrugated, as shown. Said oscillatory member is extended downwardly and outwardly torprovide down-f ward and exterior ribs 12,"tting the exterior wall ofthe cone and its horizontal portion, so that the juice-producing matter that escapes t'rom the fruit is effectually ground and the openings cleared of pulp as the member is oscillated for the free passage of vthe juices to the receptacle.

The conical support E is made removable from its support on the base, and, immedi-Y ately adjacent the vpouring-spoilt the support is provided with a depending'lip l13, curved and guarding the exit'of the spout to strain the extracted juice.

The baseAis provided with one jaw 16 of the nut-cracker, and the holder I is also formed with a coacting member 17, so that ICG when the nut is inserted between the two members a down pressure on the lever G of the oscillatory member will crack the nut. The base also supports or is provided with a preferably concaved and corrugated seat l5 and the oscillatory member with a similar seat 16, between which seats a cork may be placed, and by the rocking action and downward compression of the oscillatory member the cork may be more or less compressed.

What is claimed isl. A lemon squeezer consisting of the cupped base having supporting and fastening means, the cone arranged in the cup and having a ange supporting the cone and an annular channel provided with outlets, a compressing member having a handle and a conical stud on its upper side, ahinge connected to the base and having an opening to receive the stud on the compressing member.

and an oscillating movement with reference to the cone.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 25th day of May, 1901.

CLARENCE AUGUSTUS WHITE.

Witnesses:

H. V. D. HOYT, S. P. DUSENBERY. 

